hi all,
im trying to create a vst plugin for ableton live.
i want to create a vst that displays the name of the clip
thats on each track at that moment. im hoping to use C++
but may use java too.
the vst will display the clips title and details. so i need code
that will grab the clip title and display it.
can anybody help? say with guidin me towards tutorials
or with sample code.
thanks in advance
HELP WITH BUILDIN NEW VST PLUGIN
You can get the VST software development kit and related documentation at http://ygrabit.steinberg.de/~ygrabit/pu ... index.html
It's written in C++ which makes C++ the language of choice for coding plugins. You can do it in other labguages but you would need to do quite a bit of extra work. Most of the sample code and project files are based round Visual Studio 6. tranfering to visual Studio.net is a real PITA.
But what you want to do can't be achieved using VST technology alone, because it doesn't have any APIs for interogating the host sequencers track structure. and ableton don't publish any APis for third party software to use.
It's written in C++ which makes C++ the language of choice for coding plugins. You can do it in other labguages but you would need to do quite a bit of extra work. Most of the sample code and project files are based round Visual Studio 6. tranfering to visual Studio.net is a real PITA.
But what you want to do can't be achieved using VST technology alone, because it doesn't have any APIs for interogating the host sequencers track structure. and ableton don't publish any APis for third party software to use.
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